My 2021 Virginia mountain buck.

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I had 1 hot doe trot come by with a small 8 right on her but. They were followed by several spikes and smaller bucks an then this 10 that i shot and at least 1 other 8. Def a rut situation.
 

EdP

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Nice going! That's a dandy. Mtn hunting is tough here in Va. It seemed to me that the rut happened a little later this year where I hunt (Grayson Co), and aligned better with the firearms season.
 
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Rut was unusual in my neck of the northern blue ridge. Seemed to be really sporadic and spread out. Lots of early activity w little bucks which seemed to taper off fast. Then it became sporadic. Overall its been a fairly tough season in the club on the properties I hunt.
 

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Nice going! That's a dandy. Mtn hunting is tough here in Va. It seemed to me that the rut happened a little later this year where I hunt (Grayson Co), and aligned better with the firearms season.

Any luck in Grayson? I hunt Grayson as well.


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WESTERN VA HUNTER

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Rut was unusual in my neck of the northern blue ridge. Seemed to be really sporadic and spread out. Lots of early activity w little bucks which seemed to taper off fast. Then it became sporadic. Overall its been a fairly tough season in the club on the properties I hunt.
The rut has been really slow and later than usual on the Western side of the mountain also.
 

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No luck for me yet Shupe. Every year I try to spend 4/5 days in a back country camp about 3 miles in during the 1st week of firearms season, but this year the weather warmed up and rain came in so I packed up and headed out early. I did find more sign than usual and had a couple of close encounters. I'll spend some time up there during the late ML season too so there is still hope. How about you?
 
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